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Exegetical Point: Homiletic Point: Intro What did we cover last week? Gideon was called to cast down altars for false worship and raise up true worship. God’s people are always called to reject and overturn false religion, so that we can pursue the pure and true religion of Christ. God uses flawed deliverers…

Personal pride and ambition obscure the beauty of godly unity.

We had a small error the begining 5 minutes did not record. You can see my notes via our website at laughlinchurch.com under past sermons. The Hazor video can be seen at https://tv.faithlife.com/860d9be0-7319-4bb0-8d94-7ff91e21ec92

Be careful where you travel for business or vacation. You might pick a place that’s dangerous. According to the website landmine free. org , According to Landmine Monitor, number of landmine casualties was 11,700 in 2002 and 4286 in 2011. Mines kill or maim more than 5,000 people annually The areas most…

Gideon’s Army (1-21) - Gideon defeats Zebah/Zalmunna & judges Succoth/Penuel 1 Then the men of Ephraim said to him, “What is this that you have done to us, not to call us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they accused him fiercely. 2 And he said to them, “What have I done now in comparison…

Did you ever think about the way God thinks? If you do you would come to the realization that we don’t see things like God sees things! A lot of the time we see things based upon what happened in the past. We see thing based on our abilities and then because of this, we then determine what we can do…

seminary sermon problem with culture Gideon culture SERMON INTRO Father Time story: culture often determines good and bad, and right and wrong clothes - I’m always behind . . . tight suits to big and loose . . . back to tight tatoos were bad - ooooh, just sailors had them . . . common question, what…

Sermon 1 The Condition of Gideon and God’s People Committed Sin This was a repeating pattern for the Children of Israel. Time and time again they turned away from the Lord and participated in evil actions Did they forget the mistakes of their ancestors? Sin has consequences, sin has a price tag We are…

Introduction Our teaching today comes from Joshua chapters 6-8. While you're turning there let me tell you a story. There was a man who traveled the world, speaking on the mysteries of Christ and winsomely engaging with critics of Christianity to bring them to understanding the glories of God. He was…

Imagine you are in high school, you just got your driver’s license and your parents bless you with a brand new car. Ah! your own car, you finally have some freedom! But there are some restrictions. You can go to school, work, home - if you are going anywhere else, you have to let them know and be back…

Intro After Deborah died, the Israelites again turned away from the LORD. This time they were given into the hands of the Midianites for 7 years. The strength of Midianite oppression forced the Israelites to hide themselves and their produce in mountain clefts, caves, and strongholds. However, this was…

Times have changed a lot since I was a child growing up in Kuliouou on the island of Oahu. My childhood was during the ‘60s. I played CYO basketball and had a newspaper route. My first job. I got my driver’s license at 15 and immediately asked my dad for a car for my birthday. When my birthday came my…

To determine how to respond to personal criticism and to determine what role we each play in building up the people of God.

In the next few weeks we are going to be looking into our identity. Who we are in Christ. I believe after a year like 2020 it’s important to take a look into who we believe ourselves to be in light of who God is. Because here’s the issue: If we find our identity in God when things only goes the way we…

Personal Pride: Kingdom Purposes Judges 7:2 “The Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many people for Me to hand the Midianites over to you, or else Israel might brag: ‘I did it myself.’” 30,000 men! What an army! At issue: who receives the bragging rights? God or Gideon? God engineers two tests of His…

Intro: Two weeks ago we started looking at Gideon He was threshing wheat in a winepress when the Angel of the Lord appeared to him The Angel called him a mighty man of valor I’ve always seen Gideon as the Zacheus of the OT Zacheus was a wee little man in a tree Gideon was from the smallest clan of the…

Psalm 83 People of God, have confidence that when the enemies of God conspire against the church, God will destroy them if they don’t turn to Christ.

The Carnality of Gideon

Introduction Gideon gives a great diplomatic answer diminishing his role in the victory and lifting up the tribe of Ephraim by pointing out that they were able to get the real trophies of victory; the commanders of Midian Oreb and Zeeb. Gideon answers Ephraim with a psychological response rather than…

Introduction This study is based on the third book of the History of Redemption series, entitled ‘The Unquenchable Lamp of the Covenant: The first fourteen generations in the genealogy of Jesus Christ.’ And we’re looking at chapter 24, which covers the work of the Judges. So here is a list of the judges…

A Song. A Psalm of Asaph. INTRODUCTION This is the last of the psalms identified with Asaph (50, 73–83). It describes a coalition of ten Gentile nations that attempted to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. Some connect this psalm with Jehoshaphat’s great victory over a smaller coalition ( 2 Chron.…

Last week we saw Gideon wrestle with his identity. Was he going to believe who he thought himself to be or would he believe in who God said he was going to be. How an angel called him a man of Valor despite his fear and insecurity. As we see through the life of Gideon he will continue to wrestle with…

Intro: 11 Now the Angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth tree which was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon threshed wheat in the winepress, in order to hide it from the Midianites. 12 And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him, and said to him, “The Lord…

Introduction Our Image means everything to us. Advertising sells us an image more than it does a product Social media trying to present ourselves in a certain image We are drawn to and often want to present ourselves as poised, assertive, assured, daring, self-sufficient and confident. The Bible is not…

None O God, Do Not Be Quiet Psalm 83 May 15, 2022 Prayer Concerns Scripture Reading Prayer Exposition Edmund Burke was an Irishman who was a member of the English House of Commons from 1766 to 1794. He is best remembered for a line that never appeared in any of his books. A sentence he spoke in Parliament;…